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The Housing LIN is looking for a Research Officer with qualitative research experience to join our consultancy and research team on a fixed-term basis. This is an opportunity to work directly with people with lived experience and help ensure their views and experiences inform supported housing needs assessments and strategies across England.

United St Saviour's Charity has an exciting opportunity for individuals to join its Board as Chair and as two new Trustees, helping lead the Southwark-based charity into its next chapter.

We're delighted to launch our Autumn/Winter HAPPI Hour webinar series. Running from September through December, the programme includes landmark events such as the launch of the SHAPE Challenge Fund, our annual HAPPI Awareness Week, and our 150th HAPPI Hour!

Housing LIN has partnered with Learning Disability England to promote the latest information and resources on housing for people with learning disabilities and autistic people to both of our networks, including LDE’s Housing Community of Practice and Housing Guide.

This report, published by Age UK Norwich and Norwich City Council explores how the city can better meet the needs of a growing ageing population.

In this week's edition, we recap a busy summer hiatus including the launch of our 2025-26 Year in Review, a batch of new Housing LIN Viewpoints, guest blogs, and Inspirational Achievement features, other key resources and announcements, and gear up for a new season of HAPPI Hour webinars.

MHA has reaffirmed its support for the Housing LIN by becoming exclusive sponsor of our Older People and Housing pages. CEO Sam Monaghan shares why Housing LIN membership helps MHA stay ahead of policy change, benchmark against peers, and shape its retirement living services.

In this new Housing LIN guest blog, Mark Slater, Managing Director at WWA, explores how the revised National Planning Policy Framework strengthens the planning case for specialist and older persons' housing, while flagging where it falls short of earlier ambitions.

Our weekly e-newsletter HLINks returns next week after a summer break, bringing you short features on housing and care news, resources, events and other links that have caught our eye.

In this Housing LIN guest blog, Katherine Whitehead of Foundations reveals the everyday questions charity and voluntary sector workers struggle to answer about home adaptations, and introduces HAAN — a new, free network offering plain-English guidance and support for the people fielding them.